INTERNATIONAL

• 5th India CLMV Business Conclave held at Phnom Penh, Cambodia

• The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India along with Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia organized the 5^thIndia-CLMV Business Conclave in Phnom Penh on 21-22 May 2018.

• After four rounds of the Business Conclave in India, this initiative was brought by Department of Commerce of Government of India to Cambodia,for greater participation from the region.

• The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is the institutional partner of the event.

• CLMV is a group of Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Lao PDR.

·        India Stands 44th in Competitive Rankings, USA Tops: Report

• India rose one place to 44th this year in the global competitive rankings out of 63 countries that were ranked by the IMD World Competitiveness Center.
• India started from the 40th position in 2013 and dropped to the 44th rank in 2014.
• India’s rank remained at 44 in 2015 and jumped four places to 41 in 2016, dropping to 45 in 2017, and rising to 44 in 2018.
• In contrast, China bagged the 13th rank in 2018 as compared to the 18th rank in 2016.

  The top 5 most competitive economies in the world are:

  The USA,

  2. Hong Kong,

  3. Singapore,

  4. The Netherlands and

  5. Switzerland.

·        India-Nepal Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN To Be Held In Uttarakhand

• Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN-XIII between India and Nepal will be conducted at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
• The exercise will comprise of nearly 300 soldiers from both Indian and Nepal Army who would be sharing their experiences gained during the conduct of various counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the past.
• Exercise SURYA KIRAN is a biannual event which is conducted alternatively in Nepal and India.
• The aim of this exercise is to conduct battalion level joint training with emphasis on counter-terrorism operations in mountainous terrain.

NATIONAL

• Ministry of HRD launches ‘Samagra Siksha’ scheme

• The Union Minister for Human Resource Development,Shri Prakash Javadekar launched the ‘Samagra Shiksha’ – an integrated Scheme for school education extending support to States from pre-school to senior secondary levels for the first time in New Delhi.

• The Scheme is a paradigm shift in the conceptual design of school education by treating ‘school’ holistically as a continuum from pre-school, primary, upper primary, secondary and senior secondary levels.

• He further said every school will get sports equipment under the SamagraShiksha, at the cost of Rs. 5000 for Primary, Rs. 10,000 for Upper Primary & up to Rs. 25,000 for SSC & HSC schools to inculcate & emphasize relevance of sports to realise the dream of “Khelega India Khilega India”.

• Shri Javadekar said Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) to be expanded from Class 6-8 to Class 6-12 with allocation of Rs.
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